license plate mystery du jour

[drwex]

When stuck in traffic one has lots of time to contemplate the plates of cars. This one baffled me:
W8Z8C8

W8 is probably "Wait"
Z8 - ??
C8 might be "Kate" (Cate? Cait? Why not K8?)

Comments

Stop pondering...

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

*puts on research hat*

From the DMV website:

"W8Z8C8" is not a valid vanity plate. Please verify that the plate you entered...

...consists of only numbers and letters.
...begins with at least 2 letters.
...is no larger than 6 characters.
...does not intermix letters and numbers.

Re: Stop pondering...

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Assuming it was a MA plate.

Re: Stop pondering...

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Using my extraordinary powers of deduction I conclude that it was probably not an MA plate! :-)

Re: Stop pondering...

[catya.livejournal.com]

Or not a vanity plate :)

Re: Stop pondering...

[drwex]

Correct. I believe it was a VA plate. Regardless, that doesn't solve the question.

Re: Stop pondering...

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

True, the MA plate requirements were entirely irrelevant, but I understand why folks wanted to respond to point that out.

So the only thing that came to mind for me was:
Weights ate Cate

Which isn't to say it makes any sense to me, but it's another option, anyway. :]

Re: Stop pondering...

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm no fun, am I? The kids hated me for this when I was a younger, too.

Re: Stop pondering...

[kalessin.livejournal.com]

If it's a brand new MA plate, the website may not have caught up with it.

If it's a MA plate, there are no non-vanity patterns that use A#A#A#.

Massachusetts non-vanity, non-commercial, non "special series" (like Basketball Hall-of-fame and Save the Whales) patterns are:
* one through six digits (original series)
* one through five digits followed by a single letter (I'm not sure which series this is)
* one letter followed by one or more digits followed by one letter (I'm also not sure of this series)
* one letter followed by one through five digits (fill-in series from the middle of the 20th century)

then the very common modern series:
* three digits and three letters
* four digits and two letters
* the current two digits, two letters, two digits

We are the CRAZIEST state when it comes to license plate numbering patterns.